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U20: Five Ulster youngsters in squad for Italy. February 22, 2012 Posted by John at 5:19 pm No Responses Ulster Tagged with: Aaron Conneely, Cathal Marsh, Chris Farrell, Conor Finn, Conor Gilsenan, Daniel Qualter, Des Merrey, Foster Horan, Iain Henderson, Ireland U20's, Ireland U20's v Italy U20's, Jack Conan, Jake Cawley, James Rael, JJ Hanrahan, Jordan Coghlan, Kieran Marmion, Kyle McCall, Luke McGrath, Niall Scannell, Patrick Jackson, Peter Reilly, RBS U20's Six Nations, Shane Layden, Stuart Olding, Tadgh Beirne The Ireland U20 team to take on their Italian counterparts in the 6 Nations on Friday 24th February at Dubarry Park, Athlone. Kick-off 7.05pm [more]	Women: Same again, again, for Ireland February 22, 2012 Posted by John at 3:11 pm No Responses Ireland, Women's Tagged with: Ailis Egan, Alison Miller, Amy Davis, Ashleigh Baxter, Claire Molloy, Fiona Coghlan, Gillian Bourke, Grace Davitt, Heather O'Brien, Ireland v Italy, Jennifer Murphy, Joy Neville, Larissa Muldoon, Laura Guest, Lynne Cantwell, Marie Louise Reilly, Niamh Briggs, Niamh Kavanagh, Nikki Caughey, Paula Fitzpatrick, RBS Women's Six Nations, Ruth O'Reilly, Siobhan Fleming, Sophie Spence Ireland have named their teams to play Italy in this weekend’s third round of the Women’s 6 Nations. There are no changes to the [more]	Six Nations: Ireland team for Italy. February 21, 2012 Posted by John at 2:02 pm No Responses Ireland, Six Nations Tagged with: Andrew Trimble, Cian Healy, Conor Murray, Donnacha Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Eoin Reddan, Fergus McFadden, Gordon D'Arcy, Ireland v Italy, Jamie Heaslip, Jonathan Sexton, Keith Earls, Mike Ross, Paul O'Connell, Peter O'Mahony, RBS Six Nations, Rob Kearney, Ronan O'Gara, Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Sean O'Brien, Stephen Ferris, Tom Court, Tommy Bowe You wait all day for a squad announcement and then they all come along at once. Didn’t have to change this one much as [more]
PRO12: Squad for Ospreys. February 21, 2012 Posted by John at 1:44 pm No Responses Pro 12, Ulster Tagged with: Adam D'Arcy, Adam Macklin, Andi Kyriacou, Callum Black, Chris Cochrane, Chris Henry, Conor Gaston, Craig Gilroy, Dan Tuohy, Ian Humphreys, Ian Porter, Ian Whitten, Jerry Cronin, John Afoa, Lewis Stevenson, Luke Marshall, Mike McComish, Neil McComb, Nevin Spence, Nigel Brady, Paddy McAllister, Paddy Wallace, Paul Marshall, Pedrie Wannenburg, RaboDirect Pro12, Robbie Diack, Ruan Pienaar, Simon Danielli, Stefan Terblanche, Tim Barker, Ulster v Ospreys, Willie Faloon Pedrie Wannenburg has returned to the Ulster squad ahead of Ulster’s must-win RaboDirect PRO12 game against Ospreys at Ravenhill on Friday (kick off 7.05pm). [more]	PRO12: Cardiff 21 Ulster 14 February 18, 2012 Posted by John at 12:15 pm No Responses Pro 12, Ulster Tagged with: Adam D'Arcy, Adam Macklin, Andi Kyriacou, Cardiff v Ulster, Chris Henry, Craig Gilroy, Dan Tuohy, Ian Humphreys, Ian Whitten, John Afoa, Lewis Stevenson, Mike McComish, Nevin Spence, Nigel Brady, Paddy McAllister, Paddy Wallace, Paul Marshall, RaboDirect Pro12, Robbie Diack, Ruan Pienaar, Simon Danielli, Stefan Terblanche, Tim Barker, Tom Court, Willie Faloon Ulster’s rollercoaster season hit the down ramp last night with a poor display at Cardiff Arms Park with the hosts winning 21 – 14 in a [more]	Women: Progress of Irish game painfully slow February 17, 2012 Posted by John at 11:07 am 3 Responses Ireland, Women's Tagged with: Irish Women's Rugby, IWRFU, scrumqueens.com Following on from last Friday’s travel fiasco in Paris, our friends at ScrumQueens have forwarded their latest piece on Irish Women’s Rugby. The fall-out [more]
PRO12: Teams up for Cadiff v Ulster February 16, 2012 Posted by John at 12:20 pm 3 Responses Pro 12, Ulster Tagged with: Adam D'Arcy, Adam Macklin, Andi Kyriacou, Cardiff v Ulster, Chris Henry, Craig Gilroy, Dan Tuohy, Ian Humphreys, Ian Whitten, John Afoa, Lewis Stevenson, Mike McComish, Nevin Spence, Nigel Brady, Paddy McAllister, Paddy Wallace, Paul Marshall, RaboDirect Pro12, Robbie Diack, Ruan Pienaar, Simon Danielli, Stefan Terblanche, Tim Barker, Tom Court, Willie Faloon Brian McLaughlin has made four personnel and three positional changes for Ulster’s important RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Cardiff on Friday (kick off 7.05pm). Paddy [more]	PRO12: Extended Squad for Cardiff. February 14, 2012 Posted by John at 1:22 pm No Responses Pro 12, Ulster Tagged with: Adam D'Arcy, Adam Macklin, Andi Kyriacou, Callum Black, Cardiff v Ulster, Chris Cochrane, Chris Henry, Conor Gaston, Craig Gilroy, Dan Tuohy, Ian Humphreys, Ian Porter, Ian Whitten, Jerry Cronin, John Afoa, Lewis Stevenson, Luke Marshall, Michael Allen, Mike McComish, Neil McComb, Nevin Spence, Nigel Brady, Paddy McAllister, Paddy Wallace, Paul Marshall, RaboDirect Pro12, Robbie Diack, Ruan Pienaar, Simon Danielli, Stefan Terblanche, Tim Barker, Tom Court, Willie Faloon Tom Court, Chris Henry, Paddy Wallace and Dan Tuohy will all be available for Ulster’s RaboDirect PRO12 trip to Cardiff this Friday. KO 7:05 [more]	U20: France 12 Ireland 13 [Pictures added] February 12, 2012 Posted by John at 2:18 pm No Responses Ireland, Six Nations, Under 20 Tagged with: Aaron Conneely, Cathal Marsh, Chris Farrell, Conor Finn, Conor Gilsenan, Daniel Qualter, Des Merrey, Diarmuid Higgins, Foster Horan, France v Ireland, Iain Henderson, Jack Conan, James Rael, JJ Hanrahan, Jordan Coughlan, Kieran Marmion, Kyle McCall, Luke McGrath, Niall Scannell, Paddy Jackson, Peter Reilly, RBS U20's Six Nations, Sam Coghlan Murray, Shane Layden, Tadhg Beirne Ireland’s youngsters came away from Grenoble with a hard won 13 – 12 victory against their French counterparts yesterday afternoon in the U20 Six Nations Championship. Munster youngster JJ [more]

Club

AIL1B: Week 13 Results
Ballynahinch bounced back this week with a hard fought 22 – 14 win against Buccaneers to leap-frog the Connacht side and move back into the [more]
AIL1B: Week 13 Preview.
Belfast Harlequins have a good chance to consolidate their position at top of the league when they take on bottom placed U.C.C. on [more]
AIL1B: Week 12 Results.
Dungannon were the big losers this weekend in the AIL1B. With fate conspiring to rob the Tyrone side of nine of their usual starters through provincial or international duties [more]

School

Schools: Rugby Rankings Week 12
It’s been close to month since the last set of rankings (technical difficulties!) and with the 3rd and 4th rounds of the [more]
Schools: Schools Cup 4th Rd Results & QF Draw.
Results from this weekends Northern Bank Schools Cup with the Quarter Final Draw below. 4th Round Results.Saturday 11th February. Ballyclare High [more]
Schools Cup: The FRU Picks for Round 4
Nathan from Ulster Schools Cup Rugby get’s his predictions in for the fourth round of the Schools Cup. You can make [more]

Women's

Women: Same again, again, for Ireland
Ireland have named their teams to play Italy in this weekend’s third round of the Women’s 6 Nations. There are no [more]
Women: Ulster Women’s Finals – Report and Pictures.
It was a feast of rugby on Sunday afternoon as the Ulster Women’s Cup competitions reached their climax. With the teams [more]
Women: Ulster Women’s Cup Finals Live
What a great day’s entertainment we had a Shaw’s Bridge today for the Ulster Women’s Cup Finals. The results are as [more]